Artist: Louis Armstrong
Album: What A Wonderful Christmas!
Genre: Jazz, Christmas
Release Date: 2019
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 44,1 kHz
Duration: 40:48
Total Tracks: 14
Total Size: 386 MB

Tracklist:

1-1. Louis Armstrong – Christmas In New Orleans (Remastered) (02:54)
1-2. Louis Armstrong – White Christmas (Remastered) (02:37)
1-3. Dinah Washington – Silent Night (Remastered) (02:21)
1-4. Mel Tormé – The Christmas Song (Remastered) (03:05)
1-5. Louis Armstrong – Christmas Night In Harlem (Remastered) (02:38)
1-6. Peggy Lee – It’s Christmas Time Again! (Remastered) (02:59)
1-7. Louis Armstrong – Cool Yule (Remastered) (02:55)
1-8. Sonny Parker And Lionel Hampton – Merry Christmas, Baby (Remastered) (03:20)
1-9. Louis Armstrong – ‘Zat You, Santa Claus? (Remastered) (02:39)
1-10. Eartha Kitt – Santa Baby (Remastered) (03:26)
1-11. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra – Jingle Bells (Remastered) (02:59)
1-12. Lena Horne – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Remastered) (02:41)
1-13. Louis Jordan & His Orchestra – May Every Day Be Christmas (Remastered) (03:09)
1-14. Louis Armstrong – Winter Wonderland (Remastered) (02:59)

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Although this Christmas compilation is credited to “Louis Armstrong & Friends,” it’s really more aptly categorized as a various artists anthology, since Armstrong only has six of the fourteen tracks. The disc is filled out with seasonal offerings by Dinah Washington, Mel Torme, Louis Jordan, Lionel Hampton, Peggy Lee, Eartha Kitt, and Lena Horne, Duke Ellington, mostly from the 1950s. It’s pleasant pop-jazz that doesn’t rate among the highlights of any of these talented artists’ careers. But it makes for an above-average Christmas disc, especially on Lionel Hampton’s “Merry Christmas, Baby,” Louis Armstrong’s “Cool Yule,” and Louis Jordan’s “May Everyday Be Christmas,” which celebrate the holiday with more gutsy hipness than the usual Yuletide fare